FDA Recall Terminated

EXACTAMIX Empty EVA Bags - 500 mL - Product Usage: A plastic container used to hold large-volume sterile solutions to be administered to a patient through an intravascular administration set.

Recall: Z-0364-2019 · Initiated September 12, 2018

Recall

Recall Number
Z-0364-2019
Event Number
81240
Firm
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
FEI Number
1417572
Product Code
KPE
Status
Terminated
Root Cause
Process control
Initiated
September 12, 2018
Posted
November 2, 2018
Terminated
November 2, 2020
Address
1 Baxter Pkwy, Deerfield, IL, 60015-4625

Description

EXACTAMIX Empty EVA Bags - 500 mL - Product Usage: A plastic container used to hold large-volume sterile solutions to be administered to a patient through an intravascular administration set.

Reason

Potential ability to leak once used for compounding.

Action

An Urgent Product Recall communication will be sent to affected customers via U.S.P.S., first class mail. Baxter is asking customers to: 1. Locate and remove all affected product from your facility. 2. Contact Baxter Healthcare Center for Service to arrange for return and credit. 3. Complete the enclosed Baxter Customer Reply Form and return it to Baxter by either fax or email. Notification Effectiveness: 100%. The non-responding customers will be contacted via telephone. Expansion on 02/19/2019, Baxter notified customers (and additional customers) of recall and additional lots included.

Distribution

Worldwide distribution - US Nationwide in the states of AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, and WV. Countries of Canada, Australia, New Zealand, China, Hong Kong, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay.

Quantity

110,134 units